@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I am a lady in Spain
I'll sing a haunting refrain
I am a lady from Mars
And I can unscrew the stars
I can be anything that I see
I can be anything that I, anything that I see
I am in love with a boy
Manufactured to destroy
So I shall unravel my love
Like an old red woolen glove
I can do anything I want to
I can do anything I want, anything my heart tells me to do
Tells me to do
Tells me to do
I can be anything that I see
I can do anything I want to
I can do anything I want to
I can be anything that I, anything that I see
I'll sing a haunting refrain
I am a lady from Mars
And I can unscrew the stars
I can be anything that I see
I can be anything that I, anything that I see
I am in love with a boy
Manufactured to destroy
So I shall unravel my love
Like an old red woolen glove
I can do anything I want to
I can do anything I want, anything my heart tells me to do
Tells me to do
Tells me to do
I can be anything that I see
I can do anything I want to
I can do anything I want to
I can be anything that I, anything that I see
Lyrics submitted by emeraldcity84, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Lady In Spain Lyrics as written by Ingrid Michaelson
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group
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If you listen to her intro of this song on YouTube, she talks about her being a fairy who comes into a little girl's room and sings this song to her, so you can kind of get a more clear picture of what she might have been feeling when she wrote this. Maybe she wrote it for all the little girls in the world who don't know if they can hold onto their dreams and overcome gender obstacles. They should hold onto their innocence and faith.
I saw Ingrid live last night (she was AMAZING and hilarious and adorable and charismatic and better than I could've imagined, but that's not the point of this post)<br /> <br /> ANYWAY, before this song she said to imagine being a little girl who can't sleep because she doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, and she's worried she won't become anything good... basically she's stressing out, and then a fairy flies in, closes the girls eyes and as the girl sleeps she hears these words...<br /> <br /> Similar to what WittyWitch said, and I haven't seen the YouTube video, but just thought I'd put in my two cents (:
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I saw Ingrid live last night (she was AMAZING and hilarious and adorable and charismatic and better than I could've imagined, but that's not the point of this post)
ANYWAY, before this song she said to imagine being a little girl who can't sleep because she doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, and she's worried she won't become anything good... basically she's stressing out, and then a fairy flies in, closes the girls eyes and as the girl sleeps she hears these words...
Similar to what WittyWitch said, and I haven't seen the YouTube video, but just thought I'd put in my two cents (:
hey guys i'd like to know what do u think about the phrase "And I am in love with a boy Manufacture to destroy"
is that something bad?
i think it's like she's in love with a boy, and she wants "to destroy the 'pattern'" or maybe she's angry with him so she wants to see him destroyed
i don't know what do u think?
thanks
i just figured he was in the army... im in love with a boy manufactured to destroy.. i could be wrong though, just a thought..
i feel like with a song like this, you have to interpret it yourself. it means something different to everyone. with this song, i picture a girl who is so confused. i picture her lying on the carpet and looking at the ceiling, trying to calm down. she can do anything that she wants to. she knows it, but she's not all the way talked into it yet. i feel like she's trying to convince herself of this. <br /> <br /> the boy manufactured to destroy part is my favorite part! i love it because it's such a play with words. i don't think that it means to physically destroy something. i think (and this is just me) that she is in love with a boy that she can't get away from because he was made to destroy her emotionally, so she needs to unravel her love just like an old red woolen glove. she doesn't need that boy because she can "do anything she wants to". that is my interpretation of the song... i hope it helped...?